2008 Worlds Round 12: On Reflection

Josh Bennett

It was an all-Japan throwdown in the last round of Limited. On one side, former Rookie of the Year Yuuya Watanabe. On the other, Kenji Tsumura, media darling and Magic superstar. Both of them were firmly in the hunt for a Sunday berth, having put up 4-1 records so far in draft.

Blightning from Tsumura caught Watanabe with Sigil Blessing and Kiss of the Amesha as his only two cards. He buffed his team in response. Tsumura held him up and thought for a minute. Emerging from the tank, he held off on using his Blood Cultist. He passed the turn back to the empty-handed Watanabe.

Tsumura then tapped five and apologized as he dropped Volcanic Submersion on Watanabe’s lone Plains. Watanabe stuck out his lower lip and nodded. Lands were not forthcoming for Watanabe, and Tsumura only had to make a couple more monsters to wrap up the match.